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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 5, 1911. 
New Orleans, La., July 26. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: The game commission at its meet¬ 
ing this week appointed Messrs. Tullian, Payne 
and Ponder a committee to select a site for a 
black bass hatchery. Among the sites under 
consideration is one of thirty acres in Tangipahoa 
parish, near Amite, and another is in the same 
parish near Roseiand. The place selected must 
have an abundance of fresh water, proper drain¬ 
age and be near a railroad. A financial state¬ 
ment was issued showing that the value of the 
game preserves and other property is $185,000, 
and the land owned represents 40,000 acres. The 
game commission exhibit of fish and birds is 
valued at $2,500. 
The fishing conditions in the salt waters near 
New Orleans have shown some improvement in 
the past week and substantial catches are re¬ 
ported. The fishermen experience no trouble in 
securing shrimp for bait, since the season is 
open and shrimp are now sold in the open mar¬ 
ket. Redfish, sheepshead, Spanish mackerel, 
speckled trout and bass are biting well. The 
cessation of the long rainy spell has helped fish¬ 
ing considerably. Quite a number of fishermen 
are spending their holidays Saturday afternoons 
and Sundays at the various resorts on Lake 
Catherine, Lake Pontchartrain, Mississippi 
Sound, Lake Borgne and other waters. 
F. G. G. 
Large Trout. 
Ulster County, N. Y., July 28— Editor Forest 
and Stream: Several big trout have been killed 
recently by fishing after dark with rather large 
flies in deep pools on the Esopus. Mr. Willard 
Marsh took one in the “Green Deep” pool \g l / 2 
inches long, a thin trout that had evidently been 
fasting for some time. Last night Mr. William 
Dunn, after drawing the Green Deep blank, 
stopped at another pool on the way home, and 
after it o'clock p. m. hooked a four-pounder 
which he succeeded in landing after twenty 
minutes’ play. This was an old “he” trout with 
a very pike-like head, and in rather poor condi¬ 
tion. This fish fell a victim to the charms of 
the Cahill. I do not fancy that the pattern of 
large fly used is of the greatest importance. 
Something that has a full wing and plenty of 
hackle to give the effect of life or buzzing upon 
the surface. The land flies, all the moths, for 
•instance, and many of the caddis (waterflies) 
are apt to buzz and flutter when on the water. 
At times it pays to sink the fly and work it 
very slowly, but this night fishing is not very 
satisfactory. It has not much of the refinement 
of fly-fishing. The fish cannot see you, although 
they can see objects in or on the water. It is the 
best way of getting upon terms of intimacy with 
big trout in the summer months when the water 
is low and they are in hiding during the day¬ 
light hours. There is no doubt that they can 
endure long fasts at this time. When the water 
is warm they take very little food of any kind, 
but a small freshet with a change to cool weather 
may bring them on the feed. Trout that have 
been hidden away under rocks, logs and abut¬ 
ments of bridges are usually dark in color and 
not as pretty as they should be, but a large 
female fario (brown trout), of the yellow 
variety, which has lived in bright water and a 
pool exposed to light and sunshine, is a very 
lovely fish with golden yellow belly and the 
brightest of spots. 
When it comes to form, the rainbow trout can 
contest the palm with any fish. Their heads 
are small and bodies beautifully formed after 
the style of a fresh run Atlantic salmon, and 
they improve in condition as the season ad¬ 
vances. They are late winter or early spring 
spawners, yet I never saw evidence of spawn¬ 
ing in any except trout over a pound in spring 
fishing. I remember taking a few large fish 
that were lank, and in which the vent was rather 
prominent in the early part of the season years 
ago. We have had little rain since June and the 
streams are very low. The hot weather seems 
to have extended to all parts of the country and 
almost put an extinguisher on fly-fishing during 
the day. The water is nearly as warm as the 
air, and no one expects good sport under such 
conditions. Theodore Gordon. 
Asbury Park Fishing Club. 
The fifth annual casting tournament of this 
club will be held at Eighth and Park Avenue, 
Asbury Park, N. J., Saturday, Aug. 5, from 8 
A. m. to 6 p. M. These rules will govern : 
No trial casts allowed. In all events rod meas¬ 
urement from tip of rod to end of butt (when 
rod is assembled) shall not exceed nine feet in 
length. All casts are to be made with bank leads 
which will be furnished by the committee. No 
restrictions as to make or weight of rod or reel; 
throw-off reels and thumb protector permitted. 
Linen line only to be used in all events; no silk, 
paraffined or oiled lines allowed. No reinforc¬ 
ing or doubling of line where lead is attached. 
Contestant may wet his line before each cast. 
In case of a line parting while contestant is 
casting, it will be counted as a cast outside of 
lane. In open field events line parting will be 
counted as a cast. Time limit for the five casts 
will be thirty minutes. In case of a snarl or 
a breakdown, additional time will be allowed 
by the committee for repairs. 
A contestant moving his lead before cast is 
measured will forfeit the cast. 
In event No. 3, for accuracy, each contestant 
will be entitled to three casts at a stake 140 
feet from the starting line, cast nearest to the 
stake will be recorded. 
Event No. 4 will be run off in heats, the win¬ 
ner in each heat to compete in the finals. In 
event of breaking line, or lines fouling with 
others, will not entitle contestant to another cast. 
In event of rain the tournament will be held 
on the following Saturday. 
Events—No. 1 for club members only. The 
best average of five casts in a lane thirty feet 
in width, with a three-ounce lead. 
Event No. 2 for members only. Best average 
of five casts in a thirty-foot lane and four-ounce 
lead. 
Event No.-3 for members only. Three casts 
at a stake 140 feet from the starting line, near¬ 
est cast recorded. 
Event No. 4, “Cawthorne event,” members 
only. 
Event No. 5, open to all. Best average of five 
casts in a thirty-foot lane, three- or four-ounce 
lead. Fee, fifty cents,; four prizes in each of 
foregoing events. 
Event No. 6, open to all. The longest indi¬ 
vidual cast. Five casts in open field, three- or 
four-ounce lead. Fee, $1 ; four prizes. 
A Whitefish that was Eaten Twice. 
New York City, July 24.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: During a recent trip to Debsconeag 
Lakes in Maine with my friend, Dr. Raymond, 
he caught while trolling, a lake trout weighing 
7P) pounds, the stomach of which fish was found 
on being taken into the boat to be very large 
and distended, and on opening the lake trout’s 
mouth a large tail was seen in its gullet. On 
cleaning and dissecting this fish, two large white- 
fish were found in its stomach, each of which 
weighed three-quarters of a pound, one of the 
whitefish being partially digested and the other 
one perfectly fresh as if it had just been swal¬ 
lowed. There did not seem to be room in the 
fish s gullet for even a small minnow, and yet 
these trout at times must be so ravenous that 
they bite at anything. 
As I knew that whitefish were a great deli¬ 
cacy and could not be obtained at this season 
of the year, I had the guide scale and clean this 
one, and the doctor and myself ate the same 
and we both pronounced it a most delicious and 
finely flavored fish. I had quite a joke with the 
doctor by informing him that when he caught 
a fish, about one-half the weight was bait. 
Spencer Aldrich. 
Grounded the Current. 
Oklahoma City, July 24. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: In Forest a 5 jd Stream of July 22 
mention is made of the Wisconsin man who, 
while fishing near a power house, allowed his 
steel rod to serve the purpose of a lightning rod. 
It would seem that the Wisconsin angler is 
not alone in the experience of furnishing a short 
route to the earth for the “juice” from a live 
wire via a steel rod, as the inclosed clipping from 
a late copy of the Spearfish, South Dakota, Mail, 
attests: 
“Mrs. Case, who resides at Fairpoint, S. D., 
came near being killed at the Redwater power 
plant yesterday morning. The lady and her hus¬ 
band were fishing along Redwater. In passing 
the power plant Mrs. Case happened to touch 
a live wire with a steel fish rod she was carry¬ 
ing. The shock knocked her to the ground, and 
the first reports were to the effect that she was 
dead. This proved to be erroneous, however, 
and the Mail is informed that at the present 
writing the lady is recovering and will suffer 
no serious inconvenience.” 
W. T. W hiteford. 
All the fish lazvs of the United States and 
Canada, revised to date and nozv in force, are 
given in the Game Lazos in Brief. See adv. 
